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MQZ01 t1_ja9jcgk wrote

Reply to comment by deusrex_ in Snow Storm Feb.27-28 by Torp1d

Any idea where this will apply? Trying to find out if I need to move my car in East Rock, but can't get a clear answer on any of the city websites.

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Beast0fBurden t1_ja9au0p wrote

Thanks. He’s a turtle when driving, the kind that barely cracks the speed limit, everyone speeds around and has never had a ticket or accident in almost 30 years before that. I fully agree with you that the large majority of drivers in this state are the opposite and reckless. He just had some terrible misfortune that day.

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Observant_Neighbor t1_ja94l8u wrote

>My parents and grandparents taught me early on, holding my hand, to look both ways, and "to cross at the green [the corner of the street], not in between,"

Truer words have never been spoken. And your entire comment including the new bikes lanes is spot on. Regrettably, there aren't enough parents and grandparents doing the teaching for things like this.

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Observant_Neighbor t1_ja93z9r wrote

From the news reports, it seems the pedestrian was clipped by one vehicle and then spun into/struck by a second vehicle. A terrible tragedy for all involved.

The comments below made me think of this poem from when I learned to sail:

This is a story of John O'Day

Who died maintaining his right of way

He was right, dead right, as he sailed along

But he's just as dead as if he were wrong.

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